{"product_id":"making-progress-how-good-policy-happens","title":"Making Progress: How good Policy Happens","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher’s description:\u003cbr\u003e Is big policy reform still possible? Does Australia have the political will to tackle generational issues such as climate change, the housing crisis, rising inequality and Closing the Gap?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLegendary Labor policymaker Jenny Macklin believes that if Australia wants to remain prosperous and fair, big policy reform is not just possible, it’s essential.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMaking Progress takes us into the policy engine room and details how Macklin went about developing transformational initiatives such as the Apology to the Stolen Generations, paid parental leave and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, as well as delivering pension reforms that lifted one million Australians out of poverty. She explains how she became a policy wonk, and interviews key policymakers such as Julia Gillard, Brian Howe, Bill Kelty, Tanya Plibersek and Ross Garnaut, who share how they war-gamed ways to turn good policy ideas into reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePart policy memoir, part war-room drama, part field guide, Making Progress: How Good Policy Happens is a political book with a message—and a method.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAuthors Jenny Macklin with Joel Deane\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Melbourne University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 312\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 16 April 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9780522866872\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51250096439607,"sku":"9780522866872","price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/9559\/0967\/files\/File-5872.png?v=1762124006","url":"https:\/\/shop.moadoph.gov.au\/products\/making-progress-how-good-policy-happens","provider":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}